Peter Kelly
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 12/14/1861 at Camp Recovery as a Private.
On 12/14/1861 he mustered into "K" Co. KY 5th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65
Peter Kelley, Private, Captain Daniel Blevins' Company (K), 6th Regiment Kentucky Infantry*, enlisted December 14, 1861 at Camp on Middle Creek near Prestonsburg, Ky. by Col. Jno. S. Wiliams for 12 months, last recorded present on October 20, 1862 with remark: Leave of absence," this was the mustering out roll of the 12 month men who had completed their term of service, held at Hazel Green, Kentucky, no further records
* This company subsequently became (1st) Company K, 5th Regiment Kentucky Infantry (Mounted)
M319: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky
5th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry
5th Infantry Regiment, assembled during the late summer of 1861, included Freeman's Kentucky Infantry Battalion. Its members were raised in the counties of Pendleton, Breathitt, Morgan, Magoffin, Bath, Owen, Grant, Jessamine, Henderson, Harrison, Shelby, and Franklin. Being a twelve-month unit, when it became time to reenlist some of its members refused and were transferred to the 9th Kentucky Regiment. Later men of the 5th did reenlist for the duration of the war. It became part of the Orphan Brigade or Louisville Legion. The regiment reported 134 casualties in the Battle of Shiloh, then was active at Baton Rouge before being assigned to Kelly's and J.H. Lewis' Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It was prominent at Chickamauga and later took an active part in the Atlanta Campaign. In the fall of 1864 it was mounted, aided in the defense at Savannah, and fought in the Carolinas. The unit had 91 men disabled at Chickamauga, totalled 201 men and 165 arms in December, 1863, and surrendered on April 26, 1865. Its field officers were Colonels Hiram Hawkins, Andrew J. May, and John S. Williams; Lieutenant Colonels John W. Caldwell and George W. Conner' and Majors Richard Hawes and William Mynheir.
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Peter Kelly, Private, Company C, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry, captured at Mount Sterling, Kentucky June 10,1864, sent to Rock Island Barracks, Illinois, released May 9,1865, no other records
M319: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky
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3rd Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry
3rd Cavalry Regiment was organized during the summer of 1862. In October the 1st Kentucky Cavalry Regiment merged into this command and at times was called the 1st (3rd) Kentucky Cavalry. It was assigned to Buford's, T.Harrison's, J.W. Grigsby's, J.S. Williams', and J.H. Lewis' Brigade, and skirmished in numerous actions in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Georgia. Later the unit was active in the Atlanta Campaign, the defense of Savannah, and the campaign of the Carolinas. It surrendered with the Army of Tennessee in April, 1865. The field commanders were Colonel J.R. Butler, Lieutenant Colonels Jack Allen and Jacob W. Griffith, and Major J.Q. Chenoweth.
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Peter Kelly/Kelley, Private, Company E, 4th Regiment Kentucky Mounted Rifles,* enlisted September 1, 1862 at Lexington by Captain Harris, transferred May 15, 1863 to Ky. Infantry, last shown present on the March & April, 1864 muster roll, receipted for an issue of clothing June 30, 1864, transferred Md. Line, August 5, 1864, no further records
* This company subsequently became Company E, 9th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry
Breckinridge's Battalion Kentucky Cavalry and Stoner's Battalion Kentucky Cavalry were consolidated in December, 1862 and formed the4th Regiment Kentucky Mounted Rifles which subsequently became the 9th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry
M319: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky